Something change with Grim Dawn?

WINE 1.9.3, Grim Dawn worked yesterday. Went to play it today, and it'll start loading, but will hang before a load screen. (pastebin: http://pastebin.com/PCBTvBHT) Nothing's changed between last night and tonight. I've tried repairing. I've verified the cache. I've reset the preference file. Only thing I haven't tried is a clean wineprefix, but I'll try that tomorrow when I'm fresh.

I've been having problems with Grim Dawn for a few weeks now. They updated the game to use Visual C 2015 and it doesn't work with Wine. There is a long exhaustive post on the Grim Dawn forum: Grim Dawn Linux Guide

I've tried the steps they mention but with no success. I"m very frustrated because it ran PERFECTLY in PlayOnLinux and now I'm back to Windows to play it.

Also, I think it phones home. It's loading significantly faster after we rebooted the router. Maybe just coincidence, but it's a pretty big one. I think the early access version does give info about hardware, etc.

The phoning home can be turned off in config, I believe, but I'm spacing as to where.

I loved Titan Quest, played through it 3 times! Never got the Immortal Throne expansion... These guys are extremely talented! I played Diablo 3 recently for the first time and am way more impressed with Grim Dawn. Even Van Helsing, Drakensang and Spirial Knights is pretty fun, but Grim Dawn has even higher quality graphics/crafting/looting/enemies/weapons/armor/magic/gems/upgrades/leveling system/ than any of them. Its absolutely worth the $20.00 unlike most games... I'll end up waiting a year for a decent sale. I couldn't pass this one by.

I helped kickstart Umbra, hopefully it will be just as good as Grim Dawn.

Yeah, my wife and I have played all the way past Fort Ikon and it keeps getting better... and harder.

I love Grim Dawn, even more than Torchlight II and Titan Quest. I do admit the bosses are a real PAIN! Make sure to take time grinding in order to beat some of the bosses. Otherwise you will die and die and die... if you don't retrieve your experience where you died then you will loose those points.

There have been bosses where I had to grind just to reach him and I died so many times that I lost all of my experience points.

ALL

OF

THEM

I was very frustrated. So next time I will continue grinding until I level up. I don't think dying can cause you to level down...

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